The show was still in glorious black and white but several things had changed. First the actress playing Lois Lane changed from Phyllis Coates to Noel Neill and secondly the stories became a little lighter in tone, but still had a very adult cutting edge.
So, here without further ado is the second season rundown of episodes.
FIVE MINUTES TO DOOM 9/18/53...Dabbs Greer stars as a convicted killer named Winters who desperately tries to get Clark and Lois to believe that he is innocent before he is executed. A tense and very well made episode.
THE BIG SQUEEZE 9/25/53... Dan Grayson (Hugh Beaumont) is given the Citizen of the Year award by The Daily Planet. Grayson is pleased until an old friend from his past shows up and threatens to reveal his secret past.
THE MAN WHO COULD READ MINDS 10/3/53... Lois and Jimmy try to catch a phony swami who is setting up a string of burglaries thru his nightclub act and soon Superman must save both reporters from certain death.
JET ACE 10/10/53... Perry White's nephew Chris who is a test pilot. Chris is kidnapped by gangsters who want information on a certain jet Chris is testing.
SHOT IN THE DARK 10/17/53...A young shutter bug takes a picture of Clarke changing into Superman and Clark has to figure out how to keep his identity a secret. Billy Gray stars.
THE DEFEAT OF SUPERMAN 10/24/53...A criminal named Happy King returns to Metropolis to rid himself of Superman. He has a German scientist help him and he had acquired a small piece of Kryptonite. A very well made episode.
SUPERMAN IN EXILE 10/31/53...Superman saves Metropolis from a nuclear disaster, but in doing so he is contaminated with cosmic rays and must stay away from everyone or else they will die.
A GHOST FOR SCOTLAND YARD 11/7/53...A long dead magician's ghost seems to be haunting a mansion and certain people in Scotland. Jimmy, Lois and Clark investigate.
THE DOG WHO KNEW SUPERMAN 11/14/53...Superman rescues a dog named Corky from a deep well and his identity is threatened by the all too friendly dog. Believe it or not this is a rather bittersweet episode and very well done.
THE FACE AND THE VOICE 11/21/53... A criminal named Boulder has plastic surgery to look just like Superman in order to pull off robberies. George Reeves plays the dual role.
MAN IN THE LEAD MASK 11/28/53...A criminal mastermind convinces other criminals in Metropolis that for 50.000 dollars they can have new face and new fingerprints thanks to a very talented surgeon.
PANIC IN THE SKY 12/5/53...After colliding head on with an approaching asteroid, Superman loses him memory. Will he recover in time to save the Earth?
THE MACHINE THAT COULD PLOT CRIMES 12/12/53... Sterling Holloway stars as a scientist who has invented a machine he calls Mr. Kelso. This machine can plot crimes down to the very second and Superman must stop criminals who plan to use it for evil purposes.
JUNGLE DEVIL 12/19/53...Clark and Jimmy head into a dangerous jungle to find a missing expedition. The trouble really begins when they discover the expedition has been captured by hostile natives.
MY FRIEND SUPERMAN 12/26/53... Tito Vuolo stars as Tony, a man who runs a small diner who claims that Superman is his close friend. A couple of low life crooks on the take try to prove that this is true.
THE CLOWN WHO CRIED 1/2/54...A circus clown who is going to raise money on a children's telethon in Metropolis is knocked out and replaced by another clown who plans on stealing the incoming cash.
THE BOY WHO HATED SUPERMAN 1/9/54...A young man seeks revenge on Superman after his uncle is arrested and put in jail.
SEMI PRIVATE EYE 1/16/54...Lois Lane and a private eye named Garrity (Elisha Cook, Jr.) are kidnapped and Jimmy Olsen plays private eye and tries to find them and crack the case.
PERRY WHITE'S SCOOP 1/23/54...Perry White (John Hamilton) decides to tackle a newspaper story himself and show his reporters how it's done. He finds himself way over his head after he uncovers a murder racket.
BEWARE THE WRECKER 1/30/54... An insane criminal known as The Wrecker terrorizes Metropolis with a series of explosions and mass destruction. Superman races to stop the mysterious killer.
THE GOLDEN VULTURE 2/6/54...Jimmy finds a message in a bottle and the hunt is soon on for stolen treasure and a pirate ship secretly docked in a Metropolis harbor.
JIMMY OLSEN, BOY EDITOR 2/13/54...Jimmy becomes the editor of The Daily Planet for one day and soon finds himself over his head in dealing with a gangster who has no love the the paper or it's employees.
THE LADY IN BLACK 2/20/54...Jimmy is staying at the house of a friend and bizarre things begin to happen such as painting on the wall change, strange sounds are heard and a mysterious woman in black hands Jimmy a sack full of 1000 dollar bills. A Very interesting episode.
STAR OF FATE 2/27/54...A mysterious box from Egypt causes a fight between two men who both want it. The box contains a rare jewel, however when it is opened the person who opened it is cursed with almost instant death.
THE WHISTLING BIRD 3/6/54...Sterling Holloway stars as a scientist named Uncle Oscar who has developed a formula for a high explosive, and a group of gangsters want it.
AROUND THE WORLD WITH SUPERMAN 3/13/54...A blind girl enters and wins a contest help by The Daily Planet. She does not believe in Superman and Lois, Clark and Jimmy discover so much more about her and her mother's troubles. This is, believe it or not, one of the best episodes made and one of my personal favorites.
So ended the second season of the show. In season 3 it would return in color and with only 13 episodes, and that is how it would remain for the next four years.
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